Antap'iti

For the mountain in the Ayacucho Region, Peru, see Antap'iti (Ayacucho).
Antap'iti
Antap'iti

Location within Peru

Highest point
Elevation 5,518 m (18,104 ft) [1]
Coordinates 9°25′51″S 77°19′33″W / 9.43083°S 77.32583°W / -9.43083; -77.32583Coordinates: 9°25′51″S 77°19′33″W / 9.43083°S 77.32583°W / -9.43083; -77.32583
Geography
Location Peru, Ancash
Parent range Cordillera Blanca

Antap'iti (Quechua anta copper, p'iti dividing by pulling powerfully to the extremes; gap, interruption, [2] also spelled Andavite) is a 5,518-metre-high (18,104 ft) mountain in the Cordillera Blanca in the Andes of Peru. It is situated in the Ancash Region, Huaraz Province, on the border of the districts of Huaraz and Independencia, and in the Huari Province, Huantar District, northeast of the village of P'itiq (Pitec). Antap'iti lies south of Rurichinchay and southeast of Tullparahu. It is situated at the end of the Qillqaywank'a valley, southeast of a lake named Tullpaqucha.[1][3]

Sources

  1. 1 2 "Nevado Andavite". IGN, Peru. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huaraz Province (Ancash Region)


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